Naseer Soomro | |
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Born | Shikarpur District, Sindh, Pakistan |
Occupation | PIA employee in Customer Services Department |
Height | 7 ft 9 in (236 cm) |
Naseer Soomro also known as Naseer Ahmad Soomro, is the world's tallest living Pakistani, with a height of seven feet and nine inches. After Zia Rasheed with a height of eight feet, Soomro was considered as the second tallest man in the country until the former's death in 2024.
Biography
Naseer Soomro hails from Shikarpur District of Sindh, province of Pakistan. He works as the Senior Passenger Handling Services Officer in the Customer Services department of the Pakistan International Airlines as the national flag carrier. In 1999, he visited Taiwan's city Taichung for spending four months there as sporting ambassador. In 2019, he was a victim of a death hoax. Currently, he is suffering from chronic lung disease.
See also
References
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